when I did drugs when I was young I would get sleep paralysis every night. I saw a special about abductions and how sleep paralysis is a logical answer for people feeling they have been abducted or whatever. It describes "aliens"as a modern folklore such as the many through out humanity. seems very logical, but i would like to hear someones arguement otherwise.

Sleep paralysis occurs to everyone, every night, not because of bad dreams or abductions! Why does it happen? Because our nervous system is no longer operating with our skeletal Muscles, and after a few hours into the last stage of REM sleep, (after activation synthesis of dream creation) the nerve's activity levels are higher in the brain. However other areas of the body continue to function.. these include smooth muscles such as the stomach, intestine walls etc.. Sleep paralysis actually occurs to everyone, usually depending on the stage of sleep. In the Physiological Approach to psychology, certain Methods have been used to record the stages of sleep by measuring the physical state and experiences that occur. Non-Invasive Methods such as EMG's are used to detect and record different levels of muscle movements during sleep.. now, taking into account that there are five stages of sleep.. the first four belong to the 'non REM' phase; this phase of sleep gradually deepens into a more relaxed state, and it is the period where activation synthesis occurs i.e when random nerve impulses/ brain cells relaying the obtained info from our day is made sense of by combining it into our own representation in the form of a dream. Usually these random nerves carrying the different info is reconstructed using our basic units of information/knowledge and ideas called Schemas to use in reconstructing a very different representation of the info gathered from the day. However after this gradual phase of constructing dreams, the last stage (5) is the REM phase where EMG methods show our muscles are paralysed. But heart rate changes too and breathing becomes shallower, and the eyes move rapidly -indicating the Brain's high activity after the activation synthesis whilst the person would be dreaming. The EEG Methods for sleep record brain activity and eye movements to analyse the brain waves, which the findings are used to support the dream activities. Anyways... So even though Muscle paralysis occurs in the deepest form of sleep (last few ours of sleep) other body functions still occur. .. It happens to everyone, but it is quite rare, to wake up just after the brink of REM sleep.. usually before waking up you gradually pass out of that stage and regain full control over your muscles.
I forgot to mention.. When people (do not) sleep well , and are having restless nights, their nervous system is still active in responding to stimuli, and skeletal muscles remain conscious.. this type of sleep does not involve Paralysis, as the nervous system has remained active throughout the whole body.. Activation Synthesis may occur for a few minutes as you may notice a short dream, but it will not be that effective. However, thegunslinger you need to weigh it all up, Sleep Paralysis is a standard procedure EBE's especially the grey ensure the abductee goes through before they are 'taken up'. This is to speed things up, and to prevent any hostility to them out of fear. it's a clever and easiest way of carrying out their job in the most convenient manner. It also stabilizes the individual, and it is at this stage which the memory goes to a pause, and then once the abductee is returned their conscious memory is activated from their awareness before paralysis. This is one of my theories for the typical 'Missing Time'.

i like your hypothesis. if these alien abduction events do indeed occur in reality, then it is likely that your theory is correct.

No offense but I have to say that sounds a bit ludicrous. Sleep paralysis is a natural event that happens pretty much every night except people usually aren't aware of it, you start experiencing it frequently when you try to induce a lucid dream/OOBE as some of the methods of induction require you to keep your mind awake while your body falls asleep, hence the sleep paralysis.

yes. and what better time to acquire a subject. if one could extend the condition, of course. that is what i was refering to. but as i said , if such things occur, then this is a good hypothesis.

Dunno....haven't seen any evidence to back this up...

I’m sure sleep paralysis does explain a lot of alien abductions but definitely not all.
Although, I’m great believer in seeing is believing; You really want to know, not believe.
Still, the real difference between sleep paralysis and a genuine alien abduction is whether or not your ‘hallucination’ interacts with your environment eg knocks into a cupboard or boxes on the floor.
It would be even better if you can measure the displacement of the objects before and after your abduction.
But, if it gets to that stage you’ll already know; it’s just an extra precaution just to make sure you’re not hallucinating the objects moving.

Everyone has to be aware of the possibility that alien abductions are real; no matter how small you might think the chance is.
Being aware is the only know method that’ll enable you to break free of the dream like state the aliens induce upon you.
Like burglars, they come during the night when you’re asleep because they know if you accidentally wake up you’ll be groggy and disorientated.
If you do wake up suddenly and think “This could be alien abduction” and if it is a genuine abduction, you’ll break out of the trance.
Watch the b****ds gape in awe and then run away.
If you’re fully conscious and alert, most of the time the aliens will back off.
I know this might scare people but you have to weight up the dangers of this against the dangers of the aliens acting with impunity. Ignorance ain't bliss.

I recommend caution though, look at all the possibilities, including sleep paralysis and other sleep related disorders, before reaching the conclusion it is a genuine alien abduction.